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Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility by the international community for the promotion and protection of man's basic rights and freedoms. The world has come to a clear realization of the fact that freedom, justice and world peace can only be assured through the international promotion and protection of these rights and freedoms.
Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace.
Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.
The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.
I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.
To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural background must first be understood. I should therefore like to outline not only my beliefs but also my conception of human institutions and of the human situation itself.
Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.
I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.
